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Chapter 107 Naval Battle

 Tong Yangjia, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, is in a bad mood recently. He got a bad rap from the governor of Guangdong, Li Chengdong.

The old Tong family is known as Tong Banchao. At that time, the 16-year-old Nurhaci, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, lost his way while hunting in the mountains and forests. He met Tong Tabenbayan, a businessman in Fushun. Tabenbayan saw that Nurhaci had no home and was very pitiful. He took him in

He married Nurhaci and married his only daughter Tong Chunxiu (Tong Haha Nazaqing).

The Tong family became prominent from then on. Tong Jia Hu Erhan, one of the five founding ministers, was given the surname Jueluo (Jueluo is the surname, which means far away; Aixin is the family name, which means gold); Tong Yangzhen, a first-class duke (Ming Dynasty)

Mao Wenlong was killed); Tong Yangxing, Angbang Zhangjing (died of illness); Tong Yangliang, governor of Xuanda; Tong Yangjia, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi; Tong Yanghe (Tuntai), Mele Zhangjing; Tong Tulai (Tong Yangzhenzi),

The leader of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army??

Li Chengdong, Li Chengdong, if you go to the Qing Dynasty to inquire, what will be the consequences if you offend Tong Banchao!

However, he just cursed in his heart. Li Chengdong didn't criticize him, and he didn't have any tricks at all.

Why? Li Chengdong has soldiers, but he doesn’t.

When Li Chengdong first entered Fujian, he only brought 6,000 veterans with him. He recruited surrenders and rebels along the way, and his power grew rapidly. After arriving in Guangdong, Li Chengdong demoted Zheng Zhilong to Shi Fu, Shi Lang, Liang Li, Huang Ting, and Cheng Sheng.

, Hong Xishan and others were placed on the front line and ordered them to attack the Yan Tianfeng Department of the Ming Army in Guangzhou; but they ordered their trusted generals Du Yonghe, Hao Shangjiu, Li Yuanyin and others to suppress the rebels in Huizhou, Chaozhou, Nanxiong, and Shaozhou in the rear. The pressure was suppressed.

After the Zhang Jiayu Rebel Army in Dongguan recruited and surrendered the thief Chen Yao, its power increased greatly, and its number of troops expanded to 50,000.

These days, if you have soldiers, you are the Caotou King, no matter whether you are "Tong Banchao" or "Langyiwo" (referring to the Niu Hulu family, with the Han surname "Lang").

Marshal Li Chengdong was simmering with anger. Together with Tong Yangjia, he fought from Jiangsu to Guangdong, which was enough to conquer several provinces in the Ming Dynasty for the Qing Dynasty. He thought that he had made great contributions, and if he was not appointed a governor, he was at least a governor.
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As a result, he fights in battles, and Tong Yangjia serves as an official.

Tong Yangjia, governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and governor of Guangdong; Li Chengdong, admiral of Guangdong. On the surface, the admiral is half a rank higher than the governor. In reality, this is not the case. The admiral only manages the military and not the people; the governor manages both the military and the people, and has great power.

Yu Admiral. What's more, Li Chengdong, the Admiral, has to be controlled by Tong Yangjia, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The Qing Dynasty valued people from the north and ignored people from the south. They really didn’t know how to employ people!

In this case, Li Chengdong was passive and sabotaged his work. He only let the Fujian soldiers attack Guangzhou while his direct descendants rested in the rear.

Tong Yangjia was very anxious. He had been fighting for more than half a year and there was still no progress. How could he explain it to the court? He forced Li Chengdong to fight every day. It was useless. No matter whether he slapped the table or threw the bench, Li Chengdong responded with one sentence: "We don't have enough troops. Please mobilize the real ones."

Manchurian soldiers".

Tong Yangjia asked Dorgon for reinforcements, but the reinforcements sent by Dorgon, including the governor of Guangxi Li Maozu and the general Yu Shizhong's 20,000 troops, had been wiped out by Zhu Hengjia in Huguang. Volunteers broke out from Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian.

Dorgon was busy suppressing the situation, and there were really no extra troops sent to him. He just asked him to urge Li Chengdong to make progress in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Tong Yangjia was dumbfounded. If Li Chengdong won't eat the hard one, will he eat the soft one?

Therefore, he treated Li Chengdong with a pleasant look and looked like a brother. He also went to the Qing court and said that Li Chengdong had worked hard and made great achievements. He had not been reunited with his family for a long time. Could he send his family members from Songjiang to Huizhou to reunite with him?

This move was very effective, and Li Chengdong pretended to launch several small offensives.

Then, there is no more.

When Tong Yangjia was depressed, the Qing government sent another navy to him. Guangdong Navy Commander-in-Chief Gai Yipeng and deputy general Li Runxiang arrived with 12,000 navy troops.

Tong Yangjia was overjoyed. He drew up a battle plan to advance both land and water: the sea route consisted of Gai Yipeng's 12,000 Guangdong Navy, plus Shi Fu, Shi Lang, and Cheng Sheng's 8,000 Fujian Navy, for a total of 20,000 people.

, starting from Dapeng, attack Daxi Mountain Island and Xiangshan; by land, 15,000 troops from General Chen Yao and Guo Hu's troops, plus 15,000 from Liang Li, Huang Ting, and Hong Xishan, totaling 30,000

They set out from Chigang to attack Xin'an. They attempted to control the Pearl River outlet first and then capture Guangzhou.

However, Tong Yangjia did not expect that he would come with reinforcements, and Yan Tianfeng would also come with backup. After the Huguang Battle, Zhu Hengjia ordered Nan Anbo, Hao Yongzhong, and Liyang Bo Wang to join the Cai Department and rush to aid Guangdong. The two forces had a total of 40,000 troops, and both

They are Li Chuang's old troops, and they are very powerful.

After Yan Tianfeng, the Pingdong Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, obtained these two fresh troops, he immediately decided to switch from defense to offense. He ordered Zhongyong Marquis Yang Huai to lead 20,000 troops to defend various parts of Guangzhou; he also brought 15,000 Chinese troops, together with Hao Yongzhong and Wang Jincai

The troops, a total of 55,000 people, set out from Xin'an to capture Chigang; they also ordered Fu Minghou Lincha and Dinghaihou Sungui to guard Daxishan Island and Lengtingshan Island respectively to prevent Qing warships from entering the Pearl River Estuary.

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On the rippling blue sea, two Ming army sentry ships were cruising one after another.

The sentry ship, also known as the No. 3 Fortune Ship or a straw boat, has a draft of seven to eight feet. It has four thousand-pound Fran machine guns, ten sailors, and forty-three soldiers. It can be used for both reconnaissance and combat.
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In this era, Fu Chuan was the main battleship type of the Ming Dynasty fleet, with a total of six types.

No. 1 Dafu Ship has three turrets, a wide base and a draft of two feet. It has two red cannons, eight thousand-pound Fran cannons, thirty thunder cannons, fifteen sailors, and ninety soldiers.<

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Fortune Ship No. 2 has a draft of at least one foot. It has one red cannon, six thousand-pound Fran machine guns, twenty thunder cannons, nine sailors, and fifty-five soldiers.

Fortune Ship No. 4, also known as Winter Ship or Haicang Ship, has a draft of seven to eight feet. It has four 1,000-pound Fran machine guns, nine sailors and 44 soldiers.

Fortune Ship No. 5, also called a bird ship, has a draft of five feet and is equipped with an oar. The sails can be hoisted when the wind is smooth, and the oars can be swayed when the wind is calm. It has two thousand-pound Fran cannons, four sailors, and thirty-three soldiers.
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The No. 6 Fortune Ship, also known as the Clipper, had a draft of less than five feet and was equipped with a scull. It had a thousand-pound Fran machine gun and a crew of 20 to 30 people.

At this time, the warships of the Ming Dynasty used hard sails; the warships of the West used soft sails. Compared with the soft sails of the West, the hard sails of the Ming Dynasty had many advantages: they were easy to operate and did not require too many sailors; the sails had horizontal strips

, after being shot by artillery, the hole is not easy to expand, and there is no need to change the sail; the sail is dropped quickly, and it is not easy to capsize when encountering big waves, and it is not easy to kill sailors; the cost is low, and there is no need to use good canvas. The disadvantage is

, due to the influence of the materials at that time, this kind of sail is not as tall as the Western sail, and when the wind is downwind, the boat speed is not as fast as the Western sail.

The question is, when sailing on the sea, can you guarantee that the wind will always go smoothly?

The hard sails of the Ming Dynasty can be rotated around the mast, commonly known as the eight-sided wind. Regardless of tailwind, headwind or side headwind, one sail can handle it all. The soft sails of the West cannot be used. When the wind is downwind, it is as fast as a galloping horse; when it is against the wind, it is as fast as a side headwind.

When you are in a hurry, you must use auxiliary sails such as staysails.

Zhu Hengjia felt that Daming's hard sails were not lagging behind at all. They were very good and did not need to be replaced.

What lags behind is the hull and deck. The Ming Dynasty's ships use watertight cabin technology, which has the advantage of not being easy to sink; the disadvantage is that it cannot withstand the recoil of a large number of artillery fires.

Zhu Hengjia has ordered the Ship Section of the Armament Department of the Ministry of War to hire Western technicians and introduce Western artillery deck technology and sidegun technology. The new No. 1 and No. 2 Fuzhou ships are all built with double-layer plywood.

The war is about to begin, and the atmosphere on the Ming army's sentry ship is a bit solemn.

An old sailor slowly climbed onto Diao Dou and acted as a lookout.

Suddenly, thousands of masts appeared densely in his sight. This spectacular sight made him feel a little distracted for a moment. After a long time, he shouted: "Enemy attack!"

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"When the sentry ship discovered the Qing navy, it was near Shipai. According to the speed of the Qing navy, it will arrive in two hours."

Lin Cha made a calm judgment.

"Great, Brother Lin, where shall we fight?" Sun Gui couldn't wait.

Lin Cha smiled and said: "No rush, I will lead the navy to block the waterway between Daxishan Island and Lengtingshan Island, and ask Dinghaihou to ambush on the side of Lengtingshan Island. When the Tatar warships engage in a fierce battle with me,

, Dinghaihou’s sudden attack will surely severely damage the Tatar Navy.”

"When will the general come out? What will be the signal?"

"There is no need for a signal. I don't expect the captive ship to arrive soon. As long as Dinghaihou shows up at the time of the announcement, our army will win!"

At the end of September 16th, the 20th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Shi Fu, Shi Lang (later renamed Shi Lang), and Hong Sheng's troops appeared on the ocean surface of Xishan Island; they were followed by Gai Yipeng and Li Runxiang's Guangdong Navy.
At this time, the navy of the Ming Army had been dispatched. Lin Cha led his subordinates Wang Xing and Yu Long, and led 20 No. 1 blessing ships with more than 800 materials, fifty No. 2 blessing ships with 600 materials, and one other warship of various types.

Hundreds of ships lined up in a column, blocking the waterway between Xishan Island and Lengtingshan Island.

Gai Yipeng, the commander of the Qing Navy Navy, raised his flag and asked Shi Fu to lead the Fujian Navy to attack.

Shi Fu spat: "Damn it, let us Fujian people fight hard again!"

There is no way, since Zheng Zhilong was taken to Beijing, his subordinates have become orphans, fighting at the front and sharing the spoils at the back.

Seeing that the Ming army was ready, Shi Lang immediately ordered to advance at full speed, approach the Ming army, and engage in a boarding battle.

Zheng Zhichuan's subordinates are best at "jumping gangs" tactics. Most of their ships are No. 3 and 4 Fu ships, Bird ships, fast ships, and not many big ships. The advantage is that they are fast, but the disadvantage is that they lack firepower. Therefore, they need to approach quickly.

Enemy ships, reducing losses caused by enemy artillery fire.

"Boom!"

The red cannons on the No. 1 and No. 2 Dafu ships of the Ming Army opened fire. The red cannons had a long range and fired chain bombs at the Qing warships.

This type of chain bomb has two projectiles with an iron chain tied in the middle, and is designed to hit the masts and sails of enemy ships.

The projectiles carried the power of rotation and were extremely fast, breaking the masts of Qing warships, blasting their sails, and drilling through the decks.

Fortunately, the Fujian navy mostly uses small boats such as bird boats and clippers. These small boats are equipped with oars. Those who can change the sails can change the sails, and those who cannot replace the oars.

"Boom!"

This time, the red cannon was replaced with live ammunition. A large iron ball weighing ten kilograms wreaked havoc in the ranks of the Qing navy. As long as it was hit, it would be a big hole.

"Bang!"

A large projectile directly exploded a small centipede boat into two pieces.

The distance is getting closer.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The Ming and Qing armies began to fire at each other with their thousand-pound Franco machine guns and thunder cannons.

The temperature of the explosive bombs caused more and more warships to catch fire.

Finally, the Fujian Navy approached the Ming army. A fierce gang-hopping battle began.

The two sides attacked each other with crossbows, javelins, artillery, bows and arrows, and muskets, and soldiers fell into the sea one after another.

Shi Lang saw a Ming army ship only three feet away from him. He quickly ordered his soldiers to use ropes and hooks to trap the ship and pull the Ming ship towards him. His subordinates were all pirates.

With rich experience, he first threw torches, and then built "single-plank bridges" with a width of about three feet between the two ships. He boarded the Ming army's ship through the single-plank bridge and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Ming army.

There are even more brave soldiers who tie ropes to the mast and swing directly to the opponent's ship to fight hand-to-hand.

"Kill!"

Qing generals Shi Fu and Cheng Sheng commanded the warships to rush towards the Ming army.

"Kill!"

The Ming army generals Wang Xing and Yu Long were unwilling to be outdone and attacked the Qing army.

This kind of boarding battle does not always succeed in "boarding". In many cases, the ship will directly ram into the enemy ship. At this time, the party with the bow of the ship in contact is obviously at a disadvantage because the bow of the ship

The stern of the ship is very narrow, and only a few people can pass at a time. The weaker party will be heavily surrounded by soldiers from the other party.

Lin Cha smiled when he saw the Qing army fighting with him. He used to be Zheng Zhilong's subordinate, and he was very familiar with Zheng's army's gang-hopping tactics.

This tactic is the most time-consuming. If you fight like this, you will have enough time to wait for Sun Gui's surprise troops to appear.

The commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Navy, Gai Yipeng, put down his telescope and praised: "Zheng Zhilong's old troops are quite capable of fighting!"

Gai Yipeng's flagship raised the attack flag.

One after another, the warships of the Guangdong Navy rushed towards the warships of the Ming Army.

Gai Yipeng was smiling. The Fujian Navy had disrupted the Ming army's formation. The time had come for him to take action. He felt that victory was waving to him.

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Although the Qing army had many ships, in the boarding battle, both sides fought back and forth, and the result could not be determined for a while.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon, the time came.

Hundreds of thin sticks appeared from the horizon of Lengtingshan Island, getting bigger and thicker, and quickly turned into a big mast and a big ship.

Sun Gui's navy arrived and appeared behind the Qing army.

In this era, both the Ming and Qing armies had much more artillery at the bow than at the stern.

Cannonballs were fired at the Qing army one after another, and the Ming army's artillery fire suppressed the Qing army.

This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the Ming army's surprise attack disrupted the Qing army's formation. Some of them turned around, some turned the helm, some moved forward, and some moved back. It turned into a mess.

Naval battles are all about chaos. Whichever side's fleet formation is more chaotic will lose.

The formation of the Qing army was in chaos and fled in all directions. The warships of the Ming army were in hot pursuit.

When Shi Fu saw something was wrong, he hurriedly ordered a turn and drove towards Shi Pai.

He forgot to take down his general flag.

Ming general Wang Xing saw Shi Fu's flag: "This is a big fish!"

Wang Xing chased Shi Fu closely.

The ships on both sides were both Fu Ship No. 2. The difference was that one sail of Shi Fu's ship was blown apart.

As the distance got closer, Wang Xing saw a Qing general wearing armor and wearing a flower feather on his head.

Wang Xing raised the blunderbuss, placed the Qing general's head between the star in front and the rear sight, and lit the match.

There was a "bang" sound, and Shifu fell down.


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